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VEHICLE SOLD When you transfer or assign a title of a registered vehicle before placing the new license plate or tab on it, you may apply for a refund. Return your registration and unused plate or tab within 30 days from the date of transfer or title assignment.

Registration plates, or tabs issued for 1978 and thereafter shall be returned by the owner within 30 days following the date of transfer or assignment.

You are title jumping if you sell a vehicle without transferring the title into your name. Most states require you to transfer the title into your name within a specific time period. But even if you miss the time period, you are still required to put the title in your name.

To delete a vehicle, the owner shall notify the secretary of state of the proposed deletion in a form prescribed by the secretary of state and, except as otherwise provided in this subsection, surrender to the secretary of state the registration plate assigned to the deleted vehicle.

The 30-day period described in this subsection does not apply to the first registration of a vehicle after a transfer of ownership or to a transfer registration under section 809. (2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person who violates subsection (1) is responsible for a civil infraction.

Section 801i of the Michigan Vehicle Code permits the secretary of state to issue a vehicle registration for more than one 12-month period and requires that the registration tax be prorated for that period ing to the taxes and expiration dates provided for in the code.